WORDS Marcus Bandy For me, skateboarding has always been a vehicle for revolution—a way to fight for change. When I was a boy, skateboarding was a revolt against tyranny and violence in my home, a fight against religious zealotry, and it was an attempt to escape the disconnected and sluggish machine of public education. I despised …

Howdy homies, We know, it’s already 8 P.M. and we’re just now getting around to posting this week’s Weekly Wrap-Up for April 18 -24, 2015. Well, we have an excuse: the computer at HQ literally blew the hell up—true story! Anyway, that whole fiasco took some hours to remedy, but we’re solid now, so here …

Comet Skateboards crew would like to invite the entire community to the 4th annual Ithaca Skate Jam on Saturday May 9, 2015. The past three years we’ve taken over an iconic hill in Ithaca and turned it into a downhill skate park for everyone to enjoy. Last year we had 400 skaters from all over …

WORDS Nathan Bailey PHOTOS Austin Michels Howdy Wheelbaser’s! I’m back with another recap of a super rad event! This time I visited Jefferson, North Carolina for the NCDH Mt. Jefferson DH Race! This was the first year of this event, but that did not limit the fun we all had. There was a great turnout in …

Give a hoot and peep our new Wheelbase Weekly Wrap-up for the week of April 11 thru April 17. Let’s start things off with some skater-made goodness! If you haven’t heard yet, the MIDS crew just released their new t-shirt line. We just received a couple here at HQ and we can vouch that these …

The froth-levels of stoke have been invoked! Wheelbase is fully fired-up for this year’s badass East Coast event!!! CM6 is definitely coming in dummy heaters—here are all the juicy details: Central Mass Skate Festival returns to Harvard, Massachusetts this year for its 6th annual iteration August 7th through the 9th, 2015. Like a fine wine, the event …

WORDS Marcus Bandy PHOTOS David Ruano & Jake Grove We kick-it at the Muir Skate Downhill Disco every single year, and we keep on coming back because the Muir family loves skateboarding and because their event reflects an unparalleled passion to ride, for community, and because the event embodies that playful spirit at the very …

WORDS Malachi Greene For the last 6 years of my life I’ve been involved with downhill skateboarding. For as long as I can remember, I just wanted to be in the thick of it. Maybe one day be a brand manager or something? It has not been a smooth ride. I went from broke with …

WORDS Marcus Bandy PHOTOS Ali Mehraban & Marcus Bandy When I first heard there was a downhill race going on in Bakersfield I laughed to myself and wrote the idea off completely. I actually kinda cool-guyed my dude Daniel Engel when he mentioned it, and replied: “Radical brody! hit me with the details via email, and I’ll …

Alrighty y’all! here’s our third Wheelbase Weekly Wrap-up for the week of April 4-April 10, 2015! We are at the Muir Skate warehouse as we type this getting ready for the Downhill Disco festivities to begin. The a mini-ramp session is already getting heated! Bricin “STRIKER” Lyons is in the house as well, so you know the Downhill Disco weekend is gonna go off! Speaking …

This rad new Comet Skateboards video for Jared Henry‘s new signature deck reflects the raw, creative, and playful stoke that many of us have come to know from these cats and their skate everything board company! Did we mention Mc Lovin’ filmed it? Anyway, Jason Salfi and crew brought Jared to their Ithaca HQ back …

We just peeped it and this new Landyachtz “Skate & Explore :Taiwan” edit is incredibly sick. Not only do we now want to get off the internet and go skate, but we want to venture to new places like these badasses and skate some new-new. This video is pretty lengthy at 11 minutes, but its …

Re-introducing the second-ever Wheelbase Weekly Wrap-up for March 28-April 3, 2015! To start things off, let us remind ya that the Muir Skate Downhill Disco is coming up soon on April 10-12, 2015 in San Diego, and also that the Comet Skateboard‘s hosted Ithaca Slide Jam is happening on May 9, 2015 in Ithaca, New York. Speaking of Comet Skateboards, they are holding a re-edit contest called …

The time has come! It’s finally Friday and the new 2015, Spring/Summer Wheelbase Magazine Print Edition: Issue Three is available now! Head on over to the Wheelbase Store to place your order and be the first to get your hands on Issue Three. If you’re planning on supporting your local shop by picking up Issue …

Wheelbase Magazine Print Edition: Issue Three would not exist without the contributing efforts of the brands and shops listed above and published in print on pages 52 & 53 in this latest issue. We also must hardily thank all of the amazing creative contributors listed below, and YOU of course—the Wheelbase readers. Hat tip. Teamwork truly …